I have a 93 1500 that has about 150k miles on it I drove it home the other day after football practice and it was fine. I came out a hour later and started the truck when I went to put in in reverse nothing happened, I tried all the gears and nothing. I even got out and manually did it on the transmission and nothing. Although when I tried to put it in park when the engine is running it makes a awful sound like gears are sliding past each other at high speed. The truck rolls back and forth even in park and the other gears don't resist either. I you have any ideas I would appreciate it very much. I was possibly thinking I maybe the torque converter but not sure. Thanks

1.) One of your buddies put your transfer case in neutral.

Solution: Put transfer case in 2wd, go out, find said buddy and kick said buddy directly in the jimmy.

2.) One of your buddies stole your rear drive shaft.

Solution: Walk around until you find said buddy's truck, grab driveshaft out of back, walk up to him and hit him directly in jimmy with driveshaft, grab his keys, take his truck back to your truck and re-install drive shaft, take his as trail spare.

3.) Transmission low on fluid.

Solution: Fill transmission with ATF, go out, find afore-mentioned buddy, have him kick you in the jimmy for letting your truck run out of tranny fluid.

4.) Transmission valvebody si gummed up from 150k with no fluid and filter change.

Solution: Drop transmission pan, change filter, flush, refill with clean fluid, have afore-mentioned buddy kick you in the jimmy for not getting your tranny serviced.

5.) Transmission is plumb worn out and needs rebuild.

Solution: Remove transmission, call afore mentioned buddy, have him pick you and transmission up and take you both to transmission shop. Empty wallet out onto transmission shop owner's desk and have owner and buddy take turns kicking you in the jimmy until transmission is rebuilt. Reinstall transmission, drive to hospital, have hot looking nursing student ice up your swollen jimmy.


Seriously, the grinding you hear is the turning transmission gears trying to engage the parking pin, try not to do that too many times. The fact that the gears are turning at all means that the torque converter is still working, and the pump is at least kinda working.

someone played a funny joke on ya, you're low on atf, or your atf is disgustingly dirty..

Yeah, check the t-case shifter and make sure it's not in the "N" position. That usually helps a lot.

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